2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Heading Back to South Carolina with Cornel West in Tow [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I can't even repeat some of the invective CW has said about POTUS without having to use ellipses and asterisks. The man has said some ugly shit about Barack, stuff that doesn't go down well with a substantial percentage of the community. Here's a MILD example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/cornel-west-barack-obama_n_3635614.html
I have to wonder if someone isn't screwing Sanders over with this pairing and he's just not sufficiently wired in to understand the political consequences. IMO, it's a HORRIBLE idea. It's another game of breaking off the fringe. I don't see it ending well at all.
If he wants the nomination of the DEMOCRATIC Party....do you seriously think it is a good idea to drag along behind him an assclown who has done nothing save SHIT on the head of that party...and then expect any grace or favors? It's lunacy. It is a recipe for self-destruction.
Here, read this:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/cornel-west-and-the-insular-obama-hating-left.html
Then read this (it is a bit of a slog but try to get through it--it's someone who has been through the wringer with this guy):
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121550/cornel-wests-rise-fall-our-most-exciting-black-scholar-ghost
I'd say this is a tactical mistake of the first magnitude. Would love to know who gave him this "advice."